2011

Almost There: Simple Strategies for Partial Preservation of Complex Digital Works (Presentation) (Paper )Somaya Langley presented at the 2011 AICCM Conference, October, held at the National Library of Australia(NB: While this discusses digital preservation approaches, this reflects the views of the author and not those of the National Library of Australia.)

What is the Mediapedia?Presentation by Douglas Elford and David Pearson, Digital Preservation Section, National Library of Australia at the Innovative Ideas Forum, hosted by the National Library of Australia, 10 April 2008.

The Australian METS Profile - A Journey About MetadataAn article by Judith Pearce, David Pearson, Megan Williams, National Library of Australia and Scott Yeadon, Australian National University published in D-Lib Magazine Vol 14, no. 3/4 Mar/Apr 2008.(describes the development of the Australian METS Profile by the NLA in collaboration with Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories at the ANU)

AONS II: Continuing the Trend Towards Preservation Software 'Nirvana'A paper by David Pearson for iPRES 2007: International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects, hosted by the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 11-12 October 2007 printed in New Technology of Library and Information Service (iPRES2007 Special Issue), 25 Jan 2008, Vol, No.1 pp.42-49.

Order From Chaos: The AONS II Tool for Managing File FormatsA presentation by David Pearson, National Library of Australia at Clever Collections: A National Showcase of Technical Innovations for Digital Collections Conference, hosted by APSR held at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 28-29 November 2007.

APSR METS Profile Development Project 2007A presentation by Judith Pearce and David Pearson, National Library of Australia, given at Clever Collections: A National Showcase of Technical Innovations for Digital Collections Conference, hosted by APSR held at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 28-29 November 2007.(describes development of the Australian METS profile by National Library of Australia in collaboration with the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories)

Some interesting but less current papers on digital preservation

2006

Sustainability Models for Digital PreservationA presentation by David Pearson, National Library of Australia, given at the Sustainable Data from Digital Fieldwork International Conference, hosted by APSR (Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories) and PARADISEC (Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures) held at Sydney University, Sydney NSW, 4-6 December 2006.

2004

Keeping Online Information Accessible for E-governance and E-democracyA paper by Margaret E Phillips, Director Digital Archiving, National Library of Australia, and Adrian Cunningham, Director Recordkeeping Standards and Policy, National Archives of Australia prepared for the Australian Electronic Governance Conference. Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Victoria, 2004.(refers to risks of archived material being lost)

PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information) and SafekeepingAn article by Marian Hanley, PADI Administrator, National Library of Australia, originally published in the High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine, Issue 9, February 2004.(recent description of processes used in the Library’s subject gateway to information about digital preservation, PADI)

Development of a Digital Services Architecture at the National Library of AustraliaA paper by Dr Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General Information Technology, and Mr Tony Boston, Director Digital Services, National Library of Australia, at EduCause in Australasia 2003(contains good description of the Digital Object Storage System which is an important part of the National Library’s digital preservation strategy)

Digital Preservation: a Many Layered ThingA paper presented by Colin Webb to the DAI institute The State of Digital Preservation: An International Perspective convened by the Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC, 24-25 April 2002